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Ah Google. How do I love thee? Let me count the hits. First, you decided that the picture I posted of Beaker would become the number one image search on your esteemed, but frankly, mysterious search engine. Then, you moved on, tossed me aside without warning, like so much unused muppet felt. But that’s okay. I got over it. And just as I did, I see you’ve had a change of heart as well as a change of character. Velma of Scooby Doo fame is now moving up the ranks I see as the Richter Graph on this post is looking positively dangerous.

It’s an odd thing to discover that others identify with a character I claimed to illuminate some aspect of my own personality. It’s somehow comforting to have that connection, and yet, these other Velma-people never leave a comment saying “Hey! Me Too!”

So, thus begins an official new feature at Tentative Equinox. (I know I already started it here, but it wasn’t OFFICIAL then so just consider it a prologue or prequel) There will be Personality Polls every so often–I’m thinking monthly. There will be none of that lame answer these ten questions and I will tell you what 1950’s pin up girl you are. No. YOU get to choose. And in honour of Google’s darling of the moment–A Scooby-Doo Poll. If you need a refresher on the Scooby-Doo characters, go here.

WELCOME TO MY PRECARIOUSLY BALANCED UNIVERSE…

...in which I ask important questions like "If I'm the centre of the universe, why don't I get my way more often?" and "What if the laws of the universe are merely suggestions?" and of course the key questions, "Have you subscribed? How will I know you like me if you don't?"